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LAND CESSION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
CONT

The Dakota had signed a series of treaties with the US government which involved, among other things, land cessions in exchange for residence on reservations.

CONT

... lands could be ceded to another tribe as retribution for lost wars or as compensation for services provided within a clan. Such a cession of land must be formally recognized in a special land-cession ceremony (xsiisxw) given at a potlatch.

OBS

Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim (July 2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
CONT

Les Dakotas avaient signé une série de traités avec le gouvernement des É.-U. comportant, notamment, des cessions foncières en échange de se rendre habiter dans des réserves.

OBS

Enquête sur la revendication de la Première Nation Dakota de Canupawakpa relative à la cession des Collines Turtle (Juillet 2003).

Spanish

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